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[PATCH 1/4] Simplify tzselect by omitting old Bash workaround
by Paul Eggert Dec. 13, 2021

Dec. 13, 2021

* tzselect.ksh (doselect): Omit Bash 1.14.7 workaround that I wrote in September 1996, as Bash 1.14.7 hasn’t been supported for years and surely should not be used anyway for security reasons. Bash 2.0 came out in December 1996. --- tzselect.ksh | 8 -------- 1 file changed, 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/tzselect.ksh b/tzselect.ksh index 18fce27..832cf75 100644 --- a/tzselect.ksh +++ b/tzselect.ksh @@ -101,14 +101,6 @@ then esac done || exit } - - # Work around a bug in bash 1.14.7 and earlier, where $PS3 is sent to stdout. - case $BASH_VERSION in - [01].*) - case `echo 1 | (select x in x; do break; done) 2>/dev/null` in - ?*) PS3= - esac - esac ' else doselect() { -- 2.32.0

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Anniversary
by Arthur David Olson Dec. 13, 2021

Dec. 13, 2021

Discussion at an online meeting today made me realize that, alas, we missed the recent 35th anniversary of the start of the time zone mailing list. Put 2026-11-25 on your calendars now.-) https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/1986-November/008946.html @dashdashado

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[PROPOSED] Distribute tarballs in ustar rather than gnu form
by Paul Eggert Dec. 13, 2021

Dec. 13, 2021

It recently came to my attention that tzdb tarballs are not generated in standard POSIX ustar format, but instead use a trivially different but nonstandard format. Fix this by switching to the standard format. * Makefile (GNUTARFLAGS): Add --format=ustar. * NEWS: Document the change. --- Makefile | 3 ++- NEWS | 10 ++++++++++ 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index c89c1be..fd312d9 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -466,7 +466,8 @@ OK_LINE= '^'$(OK_CHAR)'*$$' # Flags to give 'tar' when making a distribution. # Try to use flags appropriate for GNU tar. -GNUTARFLAGS= --numeric-owner --owner=0 --group=0 --mode=go+u,go-w --sort=name +GNUTARFLAGS= --format=ustar --numeric-owner --owner=0 --group=0 \ + --mode=go+u,go-w --sort=name TARFLAGS= `if tar $(GNUTARFLAGS) --version >/dev/null 2>&1; \ then echo $(GNUTARFLAGS); \ else :; \ diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 572a161..edb9a1d 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -20,6 +20,16 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes reader no longer mistakenly attempts to parse a version 1 TZIf file header as a TZ string. + Changes to build procedure + + Distribution tarballs now use standard POSIX.1-1988 ustar format + instead of GNU format. Although the formats are almost identical + for these tarballs, ustar headers' magic fields contain "ustar" + instead of "ustar ", and their version fields contain "00" instead + of " ". For details about ustar format, please see + "pax - portable archive interchange", IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, + <https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/pax.html#tag_20_…>. + Changes affecting documentation and commentary Rename CONTRIBUTING to CONTRIBUTING.md and use Markdown format. -- 2.32.0

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.UA uses both kiev.ua and kyiv.ua, sebastopol.ua, uzhgorod.ua
by Brian Inglis Dec. 11, 2021

Dec. 11, 2021

...and other spellings for backward compatibility and convenience e.g. odessa.ua, sebastopol.ua with sevastopol.ua reserved, uzhgorod.ua (no mention of uzhhorod.ua even as reserved); from: https://hostmaster.ua/2ld/ referenced by the Public Suffix List package. Headings translated: Public domains second level =========================== Thematic domains ---------------- com.ua in.ua org.ua net.ua Specialty domains ----------------- edu.ua gov.ua Geographical domains -------------------- cherkassy.ua cherkasy.ua ck.ua chernigov.ua chernihiv.ua cn.ua chernovtsy.ua chernivtsi.ua cv.ua crimea.ua dnepropetrovsk.ua dnipropetrovsk.ua dp.ua donetsk.ua dn.ua ivano-frankivsk.ua if.ua kharkov.ua kh.ua kharkiv.ua kherson.ua ks.ua khmelnitskiy.ua km.ua kiev.ua kyiv.ua kirovograd.ua kr.ua lugansk.ua lg.ua lutsk.ua lt.ua volyn.ua lviv.ua nikolaev.ua mk.ua odessa.ua od.ua odesa.ua poltava.ua pl.ua rovno.ua rivne.ua rv.ua sebastopol.ua sumy.ua sm.ua ternopil.ua te.ua uzhgorod.ua uz.ua vinnica.ua vn.ua yalta.ua zaporizhzhe.ua zp.ua zhitomir.ua zt.ua Reserved domain names --------------------- cr.ua khmelnytskyi.ua kropyvnytskyi.ua krym.ua kv.ua lv.ua mykolaiv.ua sb.ua sevastopol.ua sicheslav.ua vinnytsia.ua zaporizhzhia.ua zhytomyr.ua Technological domains --------------------- admin.ua ipv6.ua ns.ua ua.ua www.ua xn--mqa.ua dnssec.ua rdap.ua epp1.ua epp2.ua This documents that proposed alternative English spellings may be neither as common nor the issue as settled as the trolls claim. -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada This email may be disturbing to some readers as it contains too much technical detail. Reader discretion is advised. [Data in binary units and prefixes, physical quantities in SI.]

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Israel DST: Proposed Change of Start of DST
by Ephraim Silverberg Dec. 5, 2021

Dec. 5, 2021

The Minister of Interior, Ayelet Shaked, is proposing to change the Time Law so that DST will start in Israel at 2 a.m. on the *Friday *before the *second *Sunday of March. DST starts, according to the current law, at 2 a.m. on the Friday before the *last* Sunday in March. The proposed change has yet to be brought before the Knesset. I will endeavour to update the list if the proposed change receives Knesset approval.

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America/SaoPaulo TZ still observing DST
by William Renan Santos (DHL Supply Chain) Dec. 4, 2021

Dec. 4, 2021

Hi, In Brazil the DST was revoked few years ago by government, but looks like the systems are still considering the DST change. I ran the tzupdater using latest file of tzdata and the systems are still considering 1 hour ahead in Sao Paulo. Could you please help me to review and point where in the tzdata file the DST for Brazil was removed? Thanks! William Santos LATAM - IT Products Sr Systems Analyst DHL Supply Chain Estrada da Cruz Grande, 1700 Louveira - SP ZipCode: 13290-000 Brazil Telephone: +55 19 3848 9377 william.r.santos(a)dhl.com<mailto:william.r.santos@dhl.com> www.dhl.com/supplychain<http://www.dhl.com/supplychain> DHL Supply Chain - Excellence. Simply delivered. [top_em]

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